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This futon, although technically meant for an iPhone (because Japan), is now home to a little hamster who seems to have found his new favorite spot. This has got to be the cutest case of theft we've ever seen!

Bandai Namco announced today that they're bringing Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs. Force to the west in 2016 for PlayStation Vita. Here's a look at the game's key art and latest screenshots: About the game: 2 Fighting Systems In 1 Game: Experience...

Kuromukuro was first announced earlier this month as a collaboration between anime studio P. A. Works (Shirobako, Charlotte) and director/animator Tensai Okamura (Blue Exorcist, The Seven Deadly Sins).

Project X Zone 2 got its latest trailer today, showing off a peek at some of its many characters that are featured in the upcoming Nintendo 3DS game. Project X Zone 2 will release in North America on February 16, 2016.

Kuroneko, the pure and dedicated fujoshi / otakukko (female otaku) and also one of the supporting characters from the popular series Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai (My Little Sister Can't Be This Cute) has received a new figure which ...

Japanese light novel author, Kazuma Kamachi, is celebrating 10 years as one of Japan's most celebrated light novel writers. Two of his most popular works, the A Certain series (Both A Certain Magical Index and A Certain Scientific Railgun), and He...

At long last, the official series poster for the 40th Super Sentai Series has been finally unveiled! Plus More toy 1st quarter catalog images has just surfaced! Here's a more clear version for the Awakening Mask.

The official website for the television anime of the Muv-Luv Alternative spinoff novel Schwarzesmarken began streaming the second promotional video on Tuesday. The anime will debut on January 10th. The first promotional video was streamed earlier ...

A new promotional video for the upcoming OVA of Prison School was revealed on Monday. The OVA will feature the previously unanimated "Mad Wax" arc from the manga, after (Spoiler, highlight the text to read) Kiyoshi and the others leave the facility.

The winner of the design competition to find a replacement for the much-troubled New National Stadium is Proposal A, designed by Kengo Kuma. The new stadium will be the prime venue for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games but has been one of several albat...

D. Gray-man, Katsura Hoshino's manga series about battles between exorcists and demons, will be receiving a new anime adaptation in 2016, it was announced at Jump Festa this week. The TV series will apparently be unrelated to the earlier D.

Toho Today posted a 30-second teaser for the upcoming 19th Pokémon anime feature film Pokémon the Movie XY & Z 2016 introducing a new legendary pokémon named Volcanion who can shot highly-heated steam from the two arms on its back.

As the My Hero Academia anime hype train continues to build some steam and gathering momentum, a new PV for the anime has finally been shown during Jump Festa 2015, which also announced that the anime will be airing starting April 2016, which of c...

Hi peeps! Are you all doing your best today? I sure tried do my best and finish the year with a strong note with a nice look at the very lovely Shimamura Uzuki New Generation Version by the folks at Good Smile Company.

Ever dream of being a mangaka but felt that was impossible because you don't live in Japan? Now you don't have to worry about that, because Shonen Jump +, the digital version of one of the most famous manga magazines on Earth, Weekly Shonen Jump!

Misconfigured database left SanrioTown user information openly accessible. If you have a SanrioTown account, like this humble Hello Kitty-loving writer, you might want to change your passwords, especially if you use identical or similar passwords ...

"D. Gray-man" will hit the small screen again in 2016. The official website of the new TV series has already been launched to promote its PV. Jump Festa event in Chiba has been hosted last Sunday. According to the report of Anime News Network, the...

The set list for "MUSIC STATION SUPER LIVE 2015", which will broadcast on December 25, has been revealed. Artists will perform their popular songs of the year as well as some of their old-time hits. You can check out the set list below.

Food Wars! was one of the most popular anime series from the spring season continuing all the way into the Summer lineup. The last episode left us starving for more with many of us running to pick up with the manga.

It is confirmed today that the pre-order limited edition of the upcoming 9th volume of Natume Akatsuki's fantasy comedy light novel series Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! (Gifting this Wonderful World with Blessings!

The Hakuoki series will be expanding into the silly realm in the spring as we learned previously, doing something a number of shows do with the Hakuouki ~Otogi Soushi~ short-form comedy work. While we're a ways off from its debut, a TV spot has ar...

The new album of Tokyo Girls' Style Reflection will be on sale on December 23. This is the 5th album of the group of idols. It is the first group reduced to four members. Konishi Ayano announced have issues in the back causing pain, this is why sh...

The official Twitter account of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, a hot-blooded 2007 science fiction mecha TV anime directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi with animation by Gainax, has published a teaser website promising that a new project is "Coming Soon.

A new trailer for Ikenie to Yuki no Setsuna ("Setsuna of Sacrifice and Snow"), a JRPG developed by Tokyo RPG Factory and published by Square Enix, is now available online. The game is set in an icy fantasy world in which players control a party of...

In Japan, the force was with Jibanyan-not the Jedi. More than 974,000 people watched the latest movie from the popular Yo-kai Watch anime franchise on its opening weekend, putting it ahead of the global hit "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" at theate...

24-year-old anime voice actress Sumire Uesaka, best known as Fubuki in Kantai Collection/KanColle and Anastasia in The Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls, will release her 2nd solo album "20 Seiki no Gyakushu" (The 20th Century's Counterattack) in Japan ...

Like all series, especially ones that are heavily hyped and well received, it will still have its detractors, and Clannad is no exception - even among some of my friends. As I like to consider all opinions as long as they are explained, this is wh...

Take three cups, add some clever drawing and cutting, plus a fair amount of skill. . . and then you can create your very own animated One-Punch Man comic, a sort of modern-day kamishibai-style rotating storybook.

Ebisu★Muscats' fourth leader has been determined to be Asuka Kirara. This was a surprise announcement made on December 21 during Ebisu★Muscats' first live "Tokyo Sexy Dynamite 2015 ~Hatsukoi~" at LIQUIDROOM Ebisu.

KAT-TUN's new single "TRAGEDY" will be released on February 10. The title track to this single has been picked up as the new opening theme for NTV's anime "Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbou R". It's said to be an urban rock tune with a profound beat a...